Improvement in coin-holders



i H. G. HUESTED COIN-HOLDER. v No. 189,939. Patented. April 24, 1877,

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UNITED STATES PATENT DFFICE.

HENRY G. HUESTED, OF BRIDG-EPORT, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN COIN-HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 189,939, dated April24, 1877 application filed September 19, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY G. HUESTED, of Bridgeport, in the county ofFairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Coin-Holders; and 1 do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to improve coin-holders, as will beunderstood from the following description:

In the annexed drawings I have represented a coin-holder, which iscomposed of one piece of paper or other suitable material formed of twosemi-cylinders united by a hinge or crease, and constructed with alap-joint held together by lips a passing through slots at. Othersuitable means may be employed for holding the said lap-joint securely.Sometimes this lapjoint may be permanently secured by any suitablecement. One end of this holder, represented by Figure l, is constructedas represented by Fig. 2-that is to say, I form two semicircularportions, 0 e, an intermediate circular portion, f, and lips g g. Inpractice I shall apply mucilage' to the intermediate flap so that whenthe parts a e g g are brought together over the end of the envelope, andthe mucilage on -the flap f moistened, the whole can be readily sealedover the end of the envelope. The opposite end of the envelope may beconstructed substantially as above'described. The envelope of Figs. 1and 2 is constructed with short slots a and intermediate connections I).

Fig. 3 shows two semi-cylinders. closed at both ends, and united by aflexible flap, h.

I propose to indicate on the exterior of each envelope the denominationand amount of the coin which such envelope is designed to contain.

The advantage of this arrangement of slots is that the entire contentsof each envelope are exposed to view at a glance without haviug to turnthe envelope; and, while this is the case, the intermediate connectionshold the coin safely.

What I claim as new is- 1. The coin-holder herein described, composed oftwo semi-cylinders jointed together and constructed with oblong slotsarranged alternately in two rows, with intermediate connections betweenthe slots, as shown.

2. The coin-holder, having at each end a circular closing flap, f, incombination with the semicircular flaps e e and the intermediateportions 9 g, as shown and described.

111 testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

HENRY G. HUESTED.

Witnesses:

DAVID B. LocKwooD, HENRY A. HoUsE.

